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ROBERT CARLBERN HAWES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1946 – April 20, 1968
Service recordRobert Carlbern Hawes, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 7
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 7
- JOHN MATTHEW GOODRICHPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE GOSWICKSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- FRANCIS GARFIELD GRAYSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- JERRY ROE GRUBBSPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.